Introduction
Thutmose I was king of the 18th Dynasty and the historical father of Hatshepsut; in the Deir el-Bahari birth reliefs commissioned by Hatshepsut herself, Amun takes his exact form to visit Queen Ahmose.
Family
- Spouse: Ahmose (queen) (married)
The King Whose Form Was Borrowed
The reliefs' theological claim does not deny Thutmose I's role as Hatshepsut's earthly father so much as reframe her ultimate paternity as divine: Amun appears to Ahmose specifically disguised as Thutmose I, so that the child conceived is understood, in Hatshepsut's own commissioned narrative, to be Amun's true daughter — a claim central to Hatshepsut's unusual and contested assertion of full pharaonic authority as a female ruler.
This article records a specific literary or theological role — a king-list entry, a court tale, or a royal legitimation narrative — rather than the deity's or ruler's fuller religious identity, which (where applicable) is covered in the separate Egyptian Pantheon project.